In February 1705, Queen Anne, who had made Marlborough a Duke in 1702, granted him the Park of Woodstock and promised a sum of £ 240, 000 to build a suitable house as a gift from a grateful crown in recognition of his victory – a victory which British historian Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy considered one of the pivotal battles in history, writing – " Had it not been for Blenheim, all Europe might at this day suffer under the effect of French conquests resembling those of Alexander in extent and those of the Romans in durability.

The French moved first to Tirlemont, ( as if to threaten Zoutleeuw, abandoned by the French in October 1705 ), before turning southwards, heading for Jodoigne – this line of march took Villeroi ’ s army towards the narrow aperture of dry ground between the Mehaigne and Petite Gheete rivers close to the small villages of Ramillies and Taviers ; but neither commander quite appreciated how far his opponent had travelled.

* 1705 – Charles-André van Loo, French painter ( d. 1765 )

Between 1705 and 1710 the French built Fort Royal at St. George's which is now know as Fort George.

Anne " Ninon " de l ' Enclos also spelled Ninon de Lenclos and Ninon de Lanclos ( 10 November 1620 – 17 October 1705 ) was a French author, courtesan and patron of the arts.

In Western culture, the contemporary concept of a police paid by the government was developed by French legal scholars and practitioners in the 17th and early 18th centuries, notably with Nicolas Delamare's Traité de la Police (" Treatise on the Police "), first published in 1705.

The French made one more major attack on English troops in 1705 during the War of the Spanish Succession, as the over 8, 000 French troops on the island easily defeated the 1, 000 English posts.

* July 15 – Charles-André van Loo, French painter ( b. 1705 )

* October 10 – Françoise-Marguerite de Sévigné, French countess ( d. 1705 )

* August 31 – Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker ( d. 1705 )

Captured by Nicolas Catinat in 1691, Nice was restored to Savoy in 1696 ; but it was again besieged by the French in 1705, and in the following year its citadel and ramparts were demolished.

Built in 1705 by the French, many of the buildings are now used by the police.

The first years on the frontier were harsh ; of the 390 French who settled at Manakin Town, only 150 lived there by 1705.

Many French died the first season ; by 1705 others lived on their farms outside town in the English manner, or had migrated to other parts of Virginia.

The French and the Tories in England dismissed arguments that only Dutch obstructionism had robbed Marlborough of a great victory in 1705, confirmed in their belief that Blenheim had been a lucky strike and that Marlborough was a general not to be feared.

* was a 24-gun sixth rate, previously the French frigate L ' Entreprise, captured in May 1705.

From 1693 to 1705, this was the home of Père Labat, the French Dominican priest who improved the distillery.

The word ogre came into wider usage in the works of Charles Perrault ( 1628 – 1703 ) or Marie-Catherine Jumelle de Berneville, Comtesse d ' Aulnoy ( 1650 – 1705 ), both of whom were French authors.

The French Cathedral ( in German: Französischer Dom ) the older of the two cathedrals was built by the Huguenot community between 1701 and 1705.

* Father Louis Hennepin ( 1626 – 1705 ), Belgian / French explorer of North America

* August 31-Guillaume Amontons, French scientific instrument inventor and physicist ( died 1705 )

* The first was an 8-gun fire ship launched in 1691 and captured by the French in 1705.

* HMS Elephant ( 1705 )-the first such named ship was a captured French store-ship purchased in 1705 and hulked 1709.

Stemming from this, the Parliament of England decided that, to ensure the stability and future prosperity of Great Britain, full union of the two parliaments and nations was essential before Anne's death and used a combination of exclusionary legislation ( the Alien Act of 1705 ), politics, and bribery to achieve it within three years under the Act of Union 1707.

Reus was loyal to Philip V until 1705, but this year, under the direction of Joan Nebot, revolted in favor of the Archduke Charles.

But New York claimed west of the Housatonic River under the Westenhook Patent, dated July 11, 1705, and insisted that Massachusetts cease encroachment.

However, by a provision in the Act of Settlement 1701 ( repealed in 1705 and re-enacted in modified form by the Place Act 1707 ), an MP who accepted an office of profit under the Crown was obliged to leave his post, it being feared that his independence would be compromised if he were in the King's pay.

In 1705 the two professions were fused by royal edict under the name huissier.

The city rebelled against the Tsar once again in 1705, when it was held by the Cossacks under Kondraty Bulavin.

Johann Wilhelm, under criticism for his treatment of the Palatine Protestants from the Elector of Brandenburg introduced a Religionsdeklartion in 1705, which sanctioned religious freedom.

In 1705 he served in Spain under Charles Mordaunt, Earl of Peterborough, notably at the Siege of Barcelona and in 1706 he was appointed English minister in Spain, but his duties were still military as well as diplomatic, and in 1708, after some differences with Peterborough, who favoured defensive measures only, he was made commander-in-chief of the British forces in that country.

In 1705, under the Lord Lieutenancy of the 2nd Duke of Ormonde, a new Dublin Gazette was founded, although in its early days it was only two pages in length.

In his career, Piniella made one All-Star team and compiled 1705 lifetime hits despite not playing full-time for just under half of his career.

After the peace he crossed to England, where he formed a regiment of refugees which took part in the Spanish expedition under the earl of Peterborough and Sir Cloudesley Shovell in May 1705.

“ The Harvard that John Adams went to in 1750 was undergoing one of its periodic reformations, this time under the presidency of Edward Holyoke, class of 1705 .” " Through John Adams ’ four years at Harvard, the first Saturday “ was given over to the study of theology under President Holyoke ’ s supervision .”

In 1705 he agreed to cede the regions of Cirebon and eastern part of Madura ( under Cakraningrat II ), in which Mataram had no real control anyway, to the VOC.

Dryden described Tonson thus, in lines written under his portrait, and afterwards printed in Faction Displayed ( 1705 ):

In the winter of 1705, 275 British soldiers under the command of Colonel Winthrop Hilton were dispatched to seize Rale and sack the village.

In addition to being a German, he also held British nationality, after successfully claiming it under the Sophia Naturalization Act 1705 in the case of Attorney-General-v-HRH Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover 1 All ER 49.

The chief of his other works are La Manière de bien penser sur les ouvrages d ' esprit ( 1687 ), which appeared in London in 1705 under the title, The Art of Criticism, Vie de Saint Ignace de Loyola ( 1679 ), Vie de Saint François Xavier ( 1682 ), and a translation of the New Testament into French ( 1697 ).

In 1705, he became Vice-Chancellor for Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor ; he held this post under Joseph and his successor, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, until 1731.

In late 1705 the remaining missions and ranches in the area were attacked, and Abosaya was under siege for 20 days.

He then went to study law at Edinburgh, under John Spottiswood, but, finding the teaching inadequate, proceeded in 1705 to Leyden.

It was demolished and the material thrown down to form the foundation of the present Quays, partly under the Cromwellian Commissioners in 1650 and totally by the Corporation of 1705, which improved and enlarged the Quays.

Being a descendant of Sophia of Hanover, and having rights under the Act of Settlement 1701, as amended by the Sophia Naturalization Act 1705, Prince Frederick was naturalised as a British citizen in October 1947 under the name Mr. Friedrich Von Preussen.